American Thinker By Michael R. Worthington 1/25/2021
The official website for the House of Representatives has been undergoing “maintenance†for weeks. As of 1/24, the contact webpages for congressional representatives are still not available, with the message displayed: “The requested page could not be found.†But the Senate webpages are operating as normal.
The maintenance excuse doesn’t pass the smell test. Other organizations perform website maintenance in a matter of hours rather than weeks and they usually do it overnight to minimize disruptions. It may be that the members of the House of Representatives are afraid that there will be a torrent of angry messages if the contact webpages go back online, and they are probably right. But that is not an acceptable reason to cut off the best way for constituents to express their opinions on issues to their representatives.
The point of the contact pages is to screen messages. If the contact pages were up, a form would appear asking for name, address, etc. and with a box for a short message. It is the equivalent of sending an email, except there can be no attachments. The two ways that emails spread malware are through attachments or links, and the congressional staffers are not going to click on hyperlinks. For example, go to Senate.gov and choose one of the senators for your state to see how the contact webpages should work.
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/01/why_are_us_house_webpages_down.html
